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LYCL I am looking up federal government contracts for something work related and a company won a $719,000 contract as only they bid on it..... - Walt_Disney Jun 18, 12:18
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- Wow is he a dickhead. He just ignores the ramifications of solitary to go for some cheap point. -- nm - Krusty Jun 18, 12:24
- "Whatever, you'd totally be my bitch in prison." -- nm - Max Jun 18, 12:17
Saw Love and Mercy last night. If you haven't seen it yet, make sure to see it soon - Mr. Havens Jun 18, 12:05 1
- Catching it today -- nm - con_carne Jun 18, 12:11
I don't know how it came up so I'm not going to say it PR, but this feels a bit icky nonetheless - ty97 Jun 18, 11:58 9
- I am shocked *shocked!* that there is an article of questionable relevance on CNN.com -- nm - con_carne Jun 18, 12:06
- Yeah, something is off when Graham states "It's about a young man who is obviously twisted." I don't think he ever met the kid -- nm - amoxy Jun 18, 12:02 1
  - If he had been a Muslim and shot up a white church, I'm sure Lindsey would be saying the exact same thing -- nm - slipping jimmy Jun 18, 12:13
- The shooter, not a victim. - spamlet Jun 18, 12:00
- I'm sure any if us would have mentioned a similar related connection -- nm - z on the go Jun 18, 12:00 2
  - "I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate." -- nm - Dark Helmet si Jun 18, 12:03
  - Yep. My gauge is if I would share it on here, it's not too much to share it publicly if I was running for President. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 18, 12:03
- eh, I'll give him a pass for this - Reagen Jun 18, 11:59 1
  - *nods* -- nm - Kevin Bacon Jun 18, 12:00
National Dialogue Dusted Off -- (link) - con_carne Jun 18, 11:55
ST Quiz: You are out golfing and see an alligator. What do you do? - Spawn Jun 18, 11:46 10
- A and B -- nm - Beaker Jun 18, 12:20
- Trick question. I'd nevr be out golfing -- nm - Mr. Havens Jun 18, 12:03 2
  - :) Well, what DO you do when you're not here? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 12:04 1
    - Work. Build LEGOs. Sleep. -- nm - Mr. Havens Jun 18, 12:05
- I was thinking D - make sure your caddy's between you and the gator :) -- nm - Meg Jun 18, 12:03
- That's what they should do in the jurassic park sequel, throw towels over the raptors heads, then they can't see you to eat you -- nm - z on the go Jun 18, 12:02
- C! (man what an asshat! that alligator was like What the F?) -- nm - Jovian Jun 18, 11:50
- Tell the raccoon riding him not to talk during my backswing -- nm - prayformojo Jun 18, 11:48
- B -- nm - Andie Jun 18, 11:47
- Let him play through. -- nm - TWuG Jun 18, 11:46
I use Noisli a lot for background noise at work. At the URL, there are samples of Pink, Black and White noise at the bottom - prayformojo Jun 18, 11:42 3
- I have a white noise generator on my iPhone. Well, two, actually. I prefer white on one and pink on the other - Mr. Havens Jun 18, 12:07
- Black. -- nm - Reagen Jun 18, 11:44
- (originally linked buy wiggum!) - prayformojo Jun 18, 11:43
Past Future Tattoo poll....Any portrait done a decade or so ago that would be cringeworthy today because of what they have done since becoming heroic? - zeitgeist Jun 18, 11:41 4
- You hit it with "Any portrait". -- nm - Spawn Jun 18, 12:02
- Bill Cosby. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jun 18, 12:00
- OJ Simpson -- nm - groiny Jun 18, 11:52
- Lance Armstrong. Poll over. -- nm - Shaun Jun 18, 11:42
They were debating on ESPN whether the Cardinals hacking the Astros' database should be prosecuted. - Moe Jun 18, 11:34 1
- For targeting the worst team in the NL? Absolutely -- nm - slipping jimmy Jun 18, 11:40
NTO: White Supremacists Worried Charleston Shooting Makes Them Look Bad -- (link) - ty97 Jun 18, 11:27 9
- Question circulating around the net: Will South Carolina honor the victims by flying its Confederate flag at half-staff? -- nm - GregW Jun 18, 11:46 1
  - Why haven't they *yet* -- nm - z on the go Jun 18, 11:59
- I'm also amused by Santorum jumping on the "attack on religion" angle - Reagen Jun 18, 11:39 5
  - If it had happened at a McDonald's, it would be an attack on our eating habits, right? -- nm - Mop Jun 18, 12:04
  - He also says Pope Francis should leave science to the scientists.. - Jovian Jun 18, 11:42 3
    - Pretty sure the Pope was a chemical engineer prior to joining the church. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 18, 12:14 2
      - something closer to a lab tech. -- nm - Reagen Jun 18, 12:17 1
        
        So you're saying his vow of celibacy was pretty much forced on him and not by choice? -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 18, 12:18
- Racism is over in America! -- nm - Moe Jun 18, 11:30
I just saw a girl with a Minion tattooed being her ear. that might date. .. poorly. -- nm - Andie Jun 18, 11:24 17
- All tattoos date poorly. -- nm - David Jun 18, 11:26 16
  - I plan on getting a scientific tattoo that ties into family. - Reagen Jun 18, 12:01
  - Does that mean I shouldn't get a Lilo and Stitch themed tattoo? oops, this should be under Andie. -- nm* - sycor Jun 18, 11:58
  - false -- nm - ty97 Jun 18, 11:28 13
    - That tribal armband will look great when you're 75. -- nm - spamlet Jun 18, 11:33 9
      - Octogenarian sailors with anchor tattoos are bitchin'. -- nm - Mop Jun 18, 11:55 3
        
        Right?! -- nm - Sterling Archer si Jun 18, 11:55 2
        
        I need to start watching this show. -- (link*) - Spawn Jun 18, 12:10 1
        
        It's amazing. And disgusting. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 12:15
      - *puts you on the list* -- nm - groiny Jun 18, 11:47 2
        
        I'm on many lists for this but I'm sticking by it. -- nm - spamlet Jun 18, 11:52 1
        
        you're not really wrong, since I want to get a shoulder sleeve that would cover it. - groiny Jun 18, 11:54
      - Joey Fatone on my left butt cheek is timeless. -- nm - Mop Jun 18, 11:35
      - *nothing* will look great when I'm 75. You should see the mess my body is now! -- nm - ty97 Jun 18, 11:34
    - Exactly! She got this tattoo in 2010 after seeing Despicable Me. She's totally baller and psychic and shit. -- nm - Moe Jun 18, 11:32 2
      - bride yesterday had a tat of wind blowing out behind her ear....like ....why? -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 18, 11:36 1
        
        ear farts. duh. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 11:37
These Are The Victims Of The Charleston Church Shooting -- (link) - ty97 Jun 18, 11:21 2
- We should always talk about the victims more than the killers. -- nm - Andie Jun 18, 11:35 1
  - Talking about killers sells more cars and toothpaste for the for profit media -- nm - con_carne Jun 18, 11:47
How long until Bruce? -- (link) - Spawn Jun 18, 11:16 1
- 87 days -- nm - mud Jun 18, 11:23
Amy Schumer is the new Kevin Hart. -- nm - Max Jun 18, 11:10 4
- She's sexism's Dave Chappell -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 18, 11:34
- She's taller, right? -- nm - amoxy Jun 18, 11:12 2
  - Smurfette is taller than Kevin Hart. -- nm - Shaun Jun 18, 11:13 1
    - Boom! -- nm - Moe Jun 18, 11:31
Destiny antics: Got a Truth from a gorgon chest (cool, but shard), HM Atheon was laggy as hell so we bailed (have cp still), 4 man Crota NM kill... - Shaun Jun 18, 11:10 29
- This is where people who haven't gotten the most powerful weapon hate me. - the wrong element, bad guy Jun 18, 11:26 14
  - Sure, but are you up to 18 No Land Beyonds? -- nm - David Jun 18, 12:02 10
    - I have only had 1 NLB drop. I think you've done CE *a lot* more than I have though, so that would explain it. -- nm - Shaun Jun 18, 12:05 8
      - my gun is the Hard Light and Plan C, must have had 10 of each. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 18, 12:09 5
        
        My top 3 exotic drops are Thunderlord, The Last Word, and Vex Mythoclast. -- nm - Shaun Jun 18, 12:10 4
        
        I have never had Patience and Time drop for me, or the Last Word. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 18, 12:10 3
        
        I have two of each! - Spawn Jun 18, 12:13 1
        
        well, Vex is Vault of Glass hard mode only, so that is why none of us have it. - groiny Jun 18, 12:14
        
        Never had a Hard Light or Monte Carlo ever, and never had Icebreaker drop -- nm - Shaun Jun 18, 12:12
      - The exotic weapon I've had drop the least is Remote Control. - David Jun 18, 12:06 1
        
        Universal Remote. - groiny Jun 18, 12:08
    - Destiny is clearly giving you a sign that you should use it. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 18, 12:02
  - 4 for me. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 18, 11:54
  - 6? I only have 2 :( -- nm - Shaun Jun 18, 11:34 1
    - That was my second or third since HoW. - the wrong element, bad guy Jun 18, 11:42
- I'm up to level 19 now. Slowly getting there. - JaxSean Jun 18, 11:20 13
  - Wow, you got like four levels last night, didn't you? -- nm - David Jun 18, 11:59 1
    - Yes. I'm barely into level 19. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 18, 14:50
  - Did you finish the story im lvl 22 and still need to do Mars -- nm - eag Jun 18, 11:25 7
    - No, I've done one or two on Mars. I think the next one is something about entry to the Black Garden. - JaxSean Jun 18, 11:28 6
      - Thats what ive been doing patrols and bounties to level up over what the story level is - eag Jun 18, 11:32 5
        
        What class are u playing? -- nm - eag Jun 18, 11:36 4
        
        I have a few legendary items (but of course can't use them yet). Hopefully will get to 20 tonight. Warlock -- nm - JaxSean Jun 18, 11:43 3
        
        My Warlock Guardian Brother - eag Jun 18, 11:53 2
        
        Warlocks Rock! -- nm - Spawn Jun 18, 11:54 1
        
        I love the Nova bomb -- nm - eag Jun 18, 12:03
  - Use the Stranger's Rifle, assuming you have it and have it leveled. It's fantastic in Crucible. -- nm - Shaun Jun 18, 11:21 2
    - I just got a handgun that I like. A lot. - JaxSean Jun 18, 11:27 1
      - there is a perk that lets your nova bomb track enemies. - groiny Jun 18, 11:48
Kilbo's link about Jurassic World easter eggs mentions one of the biggest things I didn't like about Jurassic Park (20 year old spoiler) - Moe Jun 18, 11:09 7
- Apropos of nothing, but does Chris Pratt (Jurassic World spoiler) - Moe Jun 18, 11:26 3
  - (spoiler) - sycor Jun 18, 11:33 2
    - Did he (spoilers) - Mop Jun 18, 11:35 1
      - spoils..... - groiny Jun 18, 11:57
- I think that entire sequence is designed to show exactly how smart they are. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 18, 11:17
- The larger goof is this one -- (link) - ML Jun 18, 11:13
- "Clever girl." -- nm - Jovian Jun 18, 11:10
IMO, studying the mental psyche that allows someone to do what they did in that church last night is > pro/anti gun stuff. - ML Jun 18, 11:05 12
- We didn't lose the opportunity...no one wants to act on any type of talk. - Will Hunting Jun 18, 11:19 5
  - you lose the opportunity when you lose political momentum - ML Jun 18, 11:22 4
    - I eagerly await the majority's introduction of comprehensive mental reform legislation. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 18, 11:24 3
      - Better a chance of consensus on something like that than gun reform, that's for sure. - ML Jun 18, 11:29 2
        
        That'll never fit on the bumper sticker. You're a terrible politician. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 18, 11:30 1
        
        Miniature American flags for all! -- nm - ML Jun 18, 11:33
- Agreeance. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 18, 11:16
- Yeah, if that was my nephew I would buy him a gun with no probem! -- nm - Spawn Jun 18, 11:15
- There are racist psychos everywhere. Only here do they have unfettered access to every type of gun imaginable -- nm - slipping jimmy Jun 18, 11:14
- But to argue that mental health is alone the issue, is flat-out wrong. Gun culture, systemic racism, education cuts, mental health cuts ... - Beryllium Jun 18, 11:08
- It's a much more complex issue and "solution" and doesn't lend itself to a reliable system of protection. It is without question an issue that needs - pmb Jun 18, 11:08 1
  - This. -- (link) - Spawn Jun 18, 11:24
SITWAP? Zookeepers recreating Chris Pratt's pose in JW -- (link) - oblique Jun 18, 11:03 1
- saw that, pretty amusing. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 18, 11:05
Raiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnn nnnnnnnneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer -- (link) - JaxSean Jun 18, 11:03 [youtube] 2
- Me too. Every. Time. -- nm - con_carne Jun 18, 11:43
- Longmire drinks Ranier -- nm - Beryllium Jun 18, 11:10
Remote Control Land Rover. Do want. -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 18, 10:58
Clippings on the board in my Podiatrists office..... - Meg Jun 18, 10:58
Two more days until we're at Wizard World Sacramento! And it looks like we'll be going to a total of 3 cons this summer, WWSacrament, StocktonCon, and - IrishStephen Jun 18, 10:54 13
- My daughter will there also. Look for a girl with gray blue hair and black glasses -- nm - amoxy Jun 18, 11:05 2
  - Will she be one of the screaming masses waiting to see Norman Reedus? - IrishStephen Jun 18, 11:09 1
    - Her two big things are Reedus and Billy Piper -- nm - amoxy Jun 18, 11:11
- nice! doing the weekend poll early as i have a 4 day wknd... going back to Algonquin, canoe trip, moose spotting hike, etc.. -- (link) - Andie Jun 18, 10:59 8
  - I might go to sashamart. (do you guys want to hear a dining room table and chairs saga?) -- nm - amanda Jun 18, 11:00 7
    - obviously. -- nm - Andie Jun 18, 11:00 6
      - so did I tell you all that the last time I went to sashamart, we went to this amazing used furniture store so I could buy a table and chairs? - amanda Jun 18, 11:05 5
        
        There better be a fantastic surprise party furniture delivery at the end of this, Sash! -- nm - Max Jun 18, 11:07 2
        
        James said this. I was like, oh maybe. And then she reupholstered the chairs to match her house! - Amanda Jun 18, 11:51
        
        You got sashed -- nm - slipping jimmy Jun 18, 11:28
        
        damn them! -- nm - Andie Jun 18, 11:07 1
        
        so now I need to back to GRQ to look for a table and chairs! -- nm - amanda Jun 18, 11:14
- StocktonCon will have Jerry Lawler, Honky Tonk Man, Ken Shamrock, and...Koko B. Ware! - IrishStephen Jun 18, 10:59
The top of B2 provides another example of why I'm frequently impressed with zeitgeist. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 18, 10:51 3
- I think he might live around one of the possible routes. ;) - tobor.2 Jun 18, 10:58 1
  - I was impressed when I flew into Portland a few years back how I could see the cascade mountains -- nm - eag Jun 18, 11:00
- He did give me my favorite Stalker T-Shirt -- nm - amoxy Jun 18, 10:53
Lir - We do have dollar coins. I know because I get them in change from vending machines. -- nm - tobor.2 Jun 18, 10:49

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